Fred Steinfort
German gridiron football player (born 1952)
American football player
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| Position: | Placekicker |
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| Born: | (1952-11-03) November 3, 1952 (age 71) Wetter, West Germany |
| Height: | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
| Weight: | 180 lb (82 kg) |
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| High school: | Brighton (MA) |
| College: | Boston College |
| NFL draft: | 1976 / Round: 5 / Pick: 146 |
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Friedrich W. "Fred" Steinfort (born November 3, 1952) is a former American football placekicker in the National Football League (NFL) who played for five different teams from (1976–1983). He played college football at Boston College.
When Steinfort won the Oakland Raiders' kicking job just before the start of the 1976 NFL season, he sent the NFL's current all-time leading scorer, George Blanda with 2,002 points, into retirement. In 1979, when he assumed the same role with the Denver Broncos, it was Jim Turner, at that time the NFL's third-leading scorer with 1,439 points that he displaced.[1]
External links
- Boston College Eagles bio
References
- ^ Pro-Football-Reference.com lists the leaders through 1979 as 1, George Blanda, 2002; 2, Lou Groza, 1608; and 3, Jim Turner, 1439. Six kickers had surpassed Blanda through 2017.
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Oakland Raiders 1976 NFL draft selections
- Charles Philyaw
- Jeb Blount
- Rik Bonness
- Herb McMath
- Fred Steinfort
- Clarence Chapman
- Jerome Dove
- Terry Kunz
- Dwight Lewis
- Rick Jennings
- Cedric Brown
- Craig Crnick
- Mark Young
- Calvin Young
- Carl Hargrave
- Doug Hogan
- Buddy Tate
- Nate Beasley
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